JPH03249246A - Loop towel - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain the title towel having excellent handle as towel, readily removing water especially for hair use, having an excellent recovery force, consisting of falsely twisted textured yarn of acrylic filament, water absorbing yarn and twisted filament yarn composed of polyamide, etc. CONSTITUTION:The objective towel which consists of >=70% of falsely twisted textured yarn of acrylic filament and water absorbing yarn such as cotton (50-90% of the falsely twisted textured yarn based on both the yarns) and twisted filament yarn composed of polyamide or polyamide and polyurethane and has recovering degree of possessing >=50% based on original length in applying 50kg load and of returning from >=50% elongation to <=10 elongation within 5 seconds in removing the load.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to a loop-shaped towel, and more specifically, to a loop-shaped towel.
% or more is made up of false twisted acrylic long fiber yarn and water-absorbent fibers, and the rest is made of filament twisted yarn (hereinafter referred to as FTY) made of polyamide or polyester and polyurethane.
It relates to a loop-shaped towel composed of

[Prior art] Conventional towels, especially hair towels, generally have poor elasticity, so they have the disadvantage that just wrapping them around the head does not remove moisture from the hair, and the towels wrapped around the towel easily fall off. there were.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

An object of the present invention is to provide a towel that can easily remove moisture from the hair by simply wrapping it around the head, and prevents the towel from slipping off.

[Means to solve the problem]

As a result of intensive studies to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present inventors found that filament twisted yarn of which 70% or more is made of false twisted yarn of acrylic long fibers and water-absorbing fibers, and the rest is made of polyamide or polyester and polyurethane. The false twisted yarn made of acrylic long fibers and the water-absorbent fibers are divided into 50 to 50%.
A loop-shaped towel of ~9 (%);
When a 5 kg load is applied to the towel, it returns to its original length of 5 kg.
It is characterized by having an elongation of 0% or more and having a degree of recovery such that when the load is removed, the elongation of 50% or more returns to 10% or less of elongation within 5 seconds. The present invention was completed by discovering that a loop-shaped towel can solve these problems.

The material used in the present invention must be composed of false twisted acrylic long fiber yarn, water absorbent fibers, and FTY.

If a false twisted yarn made of long fibers such as polyamide or polyester is used instead of a false twisted yarn made of acrylic long fibers,
The water wiping performance and water retention properties are reduced, and the texture is slimy, which is typical of synthetic fibers, making it undesirable as a towel. This is thought to be due to its inferior hydrophilicity compared to acrylic fibers.

Spun yarn is also undesirable because fluff and dirt adhere to the hair.

In the present invention, the ratio of the false-twisted acrylic long fiber yarn to the water-absorbing fiber is 50 to 50%.
90%, preferably 60-80%. If the proportion of the false twisted acrylic long fiber yarn is less than 50%, the water absorption rate will be slow and the drying rate will also be slow. 90% again
If it exceeds this, the water retention property will deteriorate.

The reason why water-absorbing fibers are used in combination in the present invention is to further improve water wiping performance and water retention performance.

The water absorbent fibers used in the present invention include cellulose fibers such as viscose rayon fibers, cupra fibers, cotton, and hemp;
Examples include irregularly shaped synthetic fibers such as 0-shaped, L-shaped, and ■-shaped, and ultrafine synthetic fibers of 0.1 denier or less.

It is important that the towel of the present invention is loop-shaped, ie, endless and stretchable. Because it is loop-shaped and has elasticity, it can be easily wrapped around the hair to prevent it from falling off, and its contractile force also has the effect of squeezing out the moisture from the hair. Even if it is loop-shaped, F
Towels that do not use TY and do not shrink have poor moisture removal properties compared to towels that use FTY.

In the present invention, the elasticity of the loop-shaped towel is defined as the elongation when the looped towel is pulled with a load of 5 kg.
It is preferable that the elasticity is 0% or more, preferably 70% or more, and that after elongating to 50%, it returns to 10% or less, preferably 5% or less within 5 seconds. If the elongation is less than 50%, it will be difficult to wrap the towel around the hair, and the towel will tend to slip off. Moreover, if the return of the elongated material exceeds 10%, the shrinkage force will be small and the water removal property will be poor. Note that the return of stretch is, for example, 10% when a 50C1l towel stretches to 100cm and returns to 55C11.

In the present invention, in order to impart elasticity to the towel, FTY consisting of polyamide (nylon) or polyester and polyurethane must be used. FTY is made by, for example, having a core of polyurethane fiber and twisting nylon or polyester filaments thereto. Naked polyurethane fibers, raw rubber, etc. have poor slippage, do not expand and contract smoothly, and have a poor texture.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, the present invention will be specifically explained with reference to Examples.

In addition, % in an example means weight %.

Evaluation conditions in Examples are shown below.

(1) Moisture removal ability After washing the hair, 10 women were asked to easily remove water from their hair by squeezing their hands.
Immediately have them wrap their hair in various towels, and
After standing for a minute, the weight of the towel is measured and the water removal performance is calculated using the following formula. In addition, the numerical value is shown as the average value of 10 people.

Moisture removal ability = After applying a load and hanging for 1 minute, measure the length A. Next, add a load of 5 kg, hang it for 1 minute, and then measure the length B. Next, remove only the 5 kg load and measure the length C after 5 seconds. The elongation and the elongation (recovery degree) after removing the 5 kg load are calculated using the following formula.

C. The elongation is preferably 50 to 70%, and the less the recovery is, the better it is 10% or less, preferably 5% or less.

(3) Drying speed After immersing in tap water for 10 minutes, dehydrate with a Centor dehydrator so that the moisture content becomes 80%. Next, the moisture content is measured every 1 hr in an atmosphere of 20° C. x 65% RH.

Examples 1 to 2 Pieuron (trade name of acrylic long fiber manufactured by Asahi Kasei Industries, Ltd.) 150 denier 60 filament, rayon filament 150 denier 30 filament, FTY30
/70 (Roy force [polyurethane long fiber manufactured by Asahi Kasei Industries, Ltd.] 30d with 3x draft wooly nylon 7
Using a 10-inch 35CG circular knitting machine for socks, using yarn covered with 0d, Pieuron was used as a pile, rayon, F
A single-sided pile knitted fabric was created using TY as the back yarn. Next, dye it in the usual way and treat it with a hydrophilic fabric softener, then open the cylindrical fabric, cut it to a length of 80C1m, sew both ends together, and sew the circumference with an overlock sewing machine. A 25 cm loop-shaped towel of the present invention is made.

Its composition is shown in Table 1.

Tables 2 to 4 show the results of evaluating the performance of the towels thus obtained. A towel using nylon instead of the Buron of Example 1 is shown as Comparative Example 1, and a towel made of 100% cotton is shown as Comparative Example 2.

Table 1: Structure of the towel Table 2: Moisture removal properties, elongation, and recovery Table 3: Drying speed (air drying) and texture after drying As shown in Example 1.2, the loop-shaped towel of the present invention has the following characteristics: It has better water removal properties than 100% cotton towels, has appropriate stretch and recovery, and can easily cover hair.
It could be wrapped around the head, dried quickly, and had an excellent texture after drying.

On the other hand, the nylon blend towel of Comparative Example 1 had poor moisture removal properties and had a slimy texture after drying, which was not desirable for a towel.

In addition, the 100% cotton towel of Comparative Example 2 was difficult to wrap around the head because it had no elasticity, dried slowly, and had a hard and stiff texture after drying.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, by using a loop-shaped material composed of a false-twisted acrylic long fiber yarn of a specific composition, water-absorbing fibers, and FTY, it has an excellent texture as a towel and is gentle on hair, etc. To provide a loop-shaped towel that can easily remove water when used wrapped around it and is hard to slip off.

The towel of the present invention is especially suitable for use on hair.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) At least 70% of the yarn is made up of a false twisted yarn made of acrylic long fibers and water-absorbing fibers, and the rest is made of filament twisted yarn made of polyamide or polyester and polyurethane, and the false twisted yarn is made of the acrylic long fibers. The ratio of water-absorbing fibers is 50 for false twisted acrylic long fiber yarn.
~90% of the original length of the looped towel when a load of 5 kg is applied.
It has an elongation of 0% or more, and has a degree of recovery such that when the load is removed, the elongation of 50% or more returns to 10% or less within 5 seconds. Loop-shaped towel.